#looking at the dash etc

[qalrey]

rainbowz x3

#doing lineart in ms paint is very relaxing tbh #but i had to switch over to sai for coloring #i had so much fun looking for references #and honestly i'll go back to using XD :P ^_^ o.o T-T etc #i'm embracing tradition :D #art #digital art #mlp #mlp fanart #mlp g4 #mlp fim #rainbow dash #mlp rainbow dash #scene #2000s scene #scene aesthetic #eyestrain

[reasonsforhope]

Btw, if anyone cares to know, my position on Biden and the 2024 election is this:

Starting September* 1, 2024, I will be doing whatever I can to make sure that Trump does not get a second term as president

Until that day, I'm going to be doing whatever I can to push for an end to the genocide in Gaza and an immediate ceasefire, and that includes criticizing, protesting, and lambasting Biden for funding and providing weapons for Israel's genocide

ETA: I will still be posting about significant good things the Biden administration has done, though, because some of it is a really big deal that people deserve to know about

ETA: But I will not be defending Biden from any criticism around Palestine/Israel/war crimes

*This originally said October 1st but someone pointed out to me that there are a few states where early voting starts in late September, including a couple swing states, so I changed it because that's a very good point

I don't plan to tell anyone not to vote for Biden in the meantime, myself, because shitty two party system and I'm really serious about Trump not getting reelected

But I'm also not going to do anything to discourage people who are seriously rallying against Biden, because he is, you know, literally bypassing Congress to make sure he can fund crimes against humanity

I never want to diminish that reality.

And more than that: If we want genocide to actually be a dealbreaker for politicians and presidents... then we need to start acting like it could be.

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Details/related thoughts:

I will still be posting about good things Biden and his administration are doing, because they are the ones running the US government and Congress is super deadlocked, so a lot of the national-level good news in the US has been done by his administration, and I'm not going to stop posting about that good news

Shout-out to the anon who accused me of being a US government propagandist with a whole PR team bc I posted about Biden a few days in a row. I promise you I'm blogging from my bed in my pjs and do not have a PR team lol

Also, for people who don't think we should be spreading serious criticism about Biden, for fear of Trump winning in 2024: I hear you--that's an incredibly valid fear. I've struggled with that myself, in the process of coming to this(/these) decision(s). But consider this: it's better that we really pile on the criticism and pressure now, because a) people are dying, and b) Biden's chances will be much worse if Israel is still bombing/decimating Gaza on election day

Relatedly, for anyone who's tempted to think Trump would be better when it comes to the Gaza genocide, again, it's really understandable to want to put your hope in any viable alternative. However, I promise you that is not going to happen. Joe Biden at least conditionally gives a couple shits about human life. Trump doesn't. Remember Trump's Muslim ban? In all likelihood, Trump would just tell Israel to bomb Gaza harder and ban Palestinian refugees from entering the US

Last thing on Trump: maybe this is naive of me, but for a lot of reasons, I'm not actually particularly worried about Trump winning in 2024. If I was, I might have made some different calls here. I have a few asks about this in my inbox and will probably make a post at some point about the reasons why, but yeah, Democrats have mostly been wanting to run against Trump instead of DeSantis or Haley or whoever for some very real reasons

You're welcome to disagree with me/this post in any direction, btw

Seriously, I'm just a random person who doesn't speak for anyone besides myself and my own blog. I'm not saying these are categorically the right answers, or that any of this is what everyone should be doing. This is simply the system I have settled on (right now) for how I personally want to handle all of this

You're welcome to disagree with me but please don't send me any angry asks about any of it. Not that I in any way get a lot of those, thankfully! But yeah, this isn't something I'm interested in debating, this is mostly for notification/explanation purposes

#palestine #cw war #cw genocide #us politics #biden #not news #me #reminder that all my posts related to the war/genocide are tagged as “palestine” and “cw war” #and if you need to filter reminders about all of this then you should #esp coming from you know a good news blog #Far better to engage with all of this news/info deliberately when/where you're in a place to handle it #then to keep spiraling and spiraling because it keeps surprising you in the middle of your dash #that's what I do actually I have several related tags filtered on here #and then when I'm up for it I go read a bunch of news articles and look up protest listings #and you know actually go to protests or post about it on here etc. etc.

[hungharrington]

lazy mornings with steve… 🌅

#ok tehe sorry i'm rlly... shoving this on people's dash #prommy i'll leave it alone now #ARE Y'ALL GETTING THE VISION #that middle pic makes me... salivate honestly #would like to bite chew lick nibble kiss etc #call this a tummy appreciation post <3 #this is what it looks like in my mind any time i read/write anything that's got morning sex #my brain go BRRRR #steve harrington #jay talks

[icewindandboringhorror]

........creachure

#cats #his eyes are always so big and weird he no longer looks like a cat anymore sometimes.. in a way... #it's hard to understand.. complicated vibes on this boy #his summer sprawl (laying flopped out on the floor weird because of the heat) #I AM still trying to get some costumes done and also post another poll advtnure so I can finally finish it lol #the weather this month has just been soooo.... There was the heat wave and then after like 2 days of coolenss where I was like 'ah! finally #I can be productiv!' but just as soon as I had recovered from the heat.. it got hot again ghhhh #currently sweating inside. I actually had to leave my doctors appointment early today because I was just so so warm from #sitting in the car and the fac tthat half the buildings still do not have their air up very high and etc. and I felt so nausous #and flushed and started to get back and stomach pains for some reason.. Which I guess is good in a way to further confirm to doctors that #I Have Something Wrong With Me lol (most normal people should not be this heat sensitive I think) but is also still a little stinky #because I still payed a copay for the fulla appointment time but cit it short by leaving 15minues early.. grrr #ANYWAY. It seems like recently it's just hot all the time but it will ocasionally tempt you with a cool day of reprieve BUT don't let your #guard down! because as soon as you start to think 'hey things are getting better! :0' the sun will be like NO actualy. scalding temperature #be upon ye.. #Which of COURSE. I would rather have hot weather with little breaks in between than just constant hot weather. 100% definitely. #but it just always makes me sad because I get my hopes up lol.. JUST as I've recovered from the past heat and am So Ready To Start #On All My Things now That I'm Not As Sick And Hey Maybe It's Even Cool Enough To Do A Costume! .. my hopes are dashed #.. woe and so on and so forth. . Which I am stil managing to get a few things done but just.. not the things I really WANT to do (costumes. #sculptures. edit videos. etc. ). #anyway.. look at son.. If nothing else I still have lots of cat photos.. my sole productivity offerings to the internet online world

[lycorisrecoil]

btw must be said if ur a zionist or support isntreal in any way shape or form get the fuck off my blog u are not welcome here and never will be xoxo

#cause i saw a stupid ass zionist post on my dash don’t make me look at that stupid ass shit #and #goes for any sort of freak racist bigot terf etc etc #preferably go d*e #so just so y’all know -_- i hate ur guts

[gravebadgerr]

#it looks wonky as fuck but its all I can manage rn #do not yell at me about my pony anatomy #im trying my best snfnsnf #rainbow dash #mlp art #mlp fim #mlp #art #trans hc can be interpreted however #ok to tag as kin/id/me/etc

[raziraphale]

this isn't an epidemic or anything but it continues to surprise me that, despite michael sheen being just. an average-sized man, some people still can't handle that and draw aziraphale as a slightly more old-fashioned-looking wheatley humansona from 2013. give that angel back his hips or so help me god

#every time i see an aziraphale that looks like a white blond tintin my mental image of book aziraphale gets larger out of spite #i don't see any egregious examples on my dash usually but like sometimes i venture outside of my bubble and #i'm like this isn't my beautiful house this isn't my beautiful wife etc #reilly.txt #good omens

[delta-piscium]

the actual spookiness of the seasonal url changes is being so lost and confused about who all these people are, desperately checking blogs and trying to piece it all together, and then when i finally get used to the new ones in two months they’ll change back

anyways, love the new urls whoever you all are <3

#this is like /j /lh the spooky urls are cute live ur best lives etc #i however am fucking confused #looking at them like 🤨 whomst? #reacting like a toddler seeing their dad clean shaven for the first time just sooo suspicious #i’ll go on a blog and it’ll be the exact same and say the persons name but still i’m like ….idk if i can trust this #okay there’s like 3 people on my dash who i’ve noticed has changed and i know who they all are i’ve figured it out #some are changing profile pictures too like it’s gonna take me a second but even then… #i follow people who have gone through so many urls and profile pictures and in my head they’re still the ones they had when i first #followed them like actually im the problem here #dels endless rambles

[0azrae7]

this has been on my mind for some time. through fic writing i've really come to notice how actually useful and beneficial feedback helps motivate me in writing generally. and how normal and healthy it is. i've had to really shut down the possibility of any and all feedback due to my npd, and because the feedback i was receiving previously was always "ur so amazing i wish i could write xyz like u" or "ur a god ur writing is so good" or "omg ur Actually ur muse" etc etc and as someone who, due to my mental health, relied heavily on others praise and compliments in the past because i quite literally couldn't regulate my own self-esteem ( and by setting the boundary to stop others from doing it, i've been able to gradually improve and develop this ), shit like that was actually really damaging for me to hear.

people were just outright enabling me, intentional or not. but i think it's so unfortunate i've had to outright be like "don't ever give me praise or feedback etc etc EVER" to prevent that from happening. and i think it's tragic people on tumblr can't give normal, healthy feedback. i guess this is me saying, without bombarding me, and without me actively asking for it ( i never reblog those kinds of memes ), if it ever crosses your mind when reading my writing or looking at my graphics or my metas etc, that you liked something specific i did or enjoyed something visual i made or whatever, please do let me know.

and i don't want to sound like i'm trying to control how you do this if you ever decide to, but things like "i really liked this specific thing you wrote in xyz thread / meta / headcanon etc, it was impactful and interesting to read" or "it was cool how you showed x emotion through action because that can be hard to do" are really useful, insightful and healthy. it's such a huge thing missing from the tumblr rpc. normal feedback. something i want to pursue is writing, as a career. i want to host a podcast, which involves scripts, i want to write / publish books, i enjoy entertaining others as well as myself through what i do.

i just think it's kinda tragic i have to sacrifice any and all feedback because people choose to say "ur a god, i am beneath u, ur the best at portraying x character" instead of "hey i liked how you portrayed that ptsd episode, it felt like i was living it" or "hey, how you wrote his dialogue here felt very human and real, nice one." and please know that if i notice specific things i like about your portrayal, your writing etc etc, i will let you know exactly like this and do not ever expect you to return the compliment. because that's another common thing i've encountered, either being praised in anticipation of being praised back or praising someone and them thinking they have to praise back. i like being real with people, and i like when people are real with me.

#it's ironic because people like me are demonised for how we view things as 'transactional' #and then i go on tumblr and am just exposed to endless people who behave superficially af and shit is SUPER transactional #it's so give to receive sometimes #or like... the fact that it's come down to #reblogging MEMES asking people to compliment you #instead of it coming naturally #i mean the rpc as a whole and i realise i can't change that #but i'd appreciate it if my mutuals would give this a look #i can cultivate my own experience / my dash etc #idk maybe it's my own disorders that cause me to be too logical about it all who knows #but the way people talk to one another on here is so fake to me #i spent my entire childhood pretending to be everyone BUT myself i know probably better than anyone what that looks like #but eh it just... idk i think i'd enjoy writing here more if it didnt feel so isolating? #feel like i cant bond w anyone even just over rp / our muses bc... #people say the wildest shit like HELLO? #ooc. #delete;

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

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#still not over the insane george orwell post that got reblogged onto my dash yesterday #i unfollowed the person who reblogged it #because either A) theyre a tankie or B) their criticial thinking skills are sub-fucking-zero #like 1) the OP of that post was just copying Hakims awful video on Orwell #2) to read animal farm and come out of it with the interpretation that Orwell was saying that the animals and hence the proletariat in the #USSR were just innately unintelligent shows a reading comprehension so bad its not even like piss poor. its piss impoverished #3) if a post is like ''also look X said Y Bad Thing'' without providing any of the context as to where that quote comes from theyre likely #being deliberately mishonest. it is easy to take someone out if context to make it look like they were saying something they werent which is #exactly what the OP of that post was doing. they took one sentence of Orwells writing on the nazis and Hitler to make it look like Orwell #thought Hitler was a swell guy when actually Orwells writing was about the dangers of charismatic tyrants like Hitler and their rhetoric #the entire thing was about how Hitler was able to amass such power and popularity and use that to his advantage #not every despot is so easy to pick out as dangerous or so easy to detest. hitler was hardly the first charismatic tyrant in history #OP also conveniently left out the fact that like the next sentence is orwell being like yeah no i would fucking kill this man which wow #thats a glaring omission. imagine if people decided to look up what OP was refetencing to verify irs veracity #4) OP does not mention that Orwell fought in La Guerra Civil alongside communists and socialists and anarchists etc. #he fought against the nationalists. he took a bullet to the neck during the fight. he was very much against francisco franco and his fascist #regime who were allied with Hitler and the Nazis #mentioning orwells participation in the spanish civil war really undercuts any of those arguments #5) you know who was actually allied with Hitler and Nazi Germany? STALIN #at the beginning of WWII the soviet union and nazi germany were in alliance. stalin and hitler did not have fundamental ideological #differences. if hitler had not betrayed stalin the soviet union would not have joined the allied powers #your uwu anti-fascist communist idol joseph fucking stalin was joseph fucking stalin. he was a fascist dictator whose actions deliberately #caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. he like vladimir lenin before him did not care for the ideals of marx #marxism leninism is a meaningless political ideology #the soviet union was not a communist paradise. neither stalin not lenin cared about the proletariat #i said this in my tag ramble yesterday but if you want to see a leader who actually followed marxist ideals go look up thomas sankara #im just rambling in the tags today to get out the lingering frustration i have

[rahabs]

I have given up entirely on my birthday this year after today.

#text #chey.txt #Mmm less than a week away and I'm already like. Cool. Better than getting my hopes up for another year only to have them dashed I suppose #So we won't be doing anything for it as usual I assume #We are just curled on the couch miserably #With nothing to look forward to but bills and bills and more fucking bills as the cost of living in this shithole country soars #My sisters gets gifts and dinners #I get told it's 'too expensive' #I know it's stupid to whinge it's not that I never get things in general but #My birthdays have been shit since I turned 19 #And I was left writing exams while my family had the trip of a goddamn lifetime to Disney World. #It's been ten years of shit ever since. #And they didn't mean to leave me there they just #Forgot that university exams were in April; I'm the oldest child #But still. #My birthday has been forgotten in other years since #I'm just like. A little. #Upset. #That on top of having to pay for the new dishwasher and to fix my fireplace etc etc #Which is nearly $2000 #I'm being told I have to repay my parents for other things #While they drop 2k on dog collars for my younger sister.

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

hi i finished my degree last week

#LMAOO #i dont know the grade for my dissertation and ive actually convinced myself of all the reasons it sucks so #i feel like im awaiting doom hahahahahahahahah but at least its done #i know i said before i will probably be offline and then was terminally online #rn i dont know #i love sunny and dennis but i get like hyperfixation fatigue with it #theres 2 much going on irl and also nothing at all so i feel weirddd #idk how active ill be across off season but since idk how long this off season will be im not like #gonna be away until we get news you know #also im mad i wasnt online for the s16 filming #ANYWAY! im alive and having fun etc #well now im having fun because im not doing schoolwork LMAO #i feel too overwhelmed to scroll the dash or look at discord servers but i hope my beloved friends and mutuals are well #and like i dont have the time or energy for fandom discourse or ship discourse or even just analysis and meta discussions #esp with the type of content sunny has #so idk im trying to figure out how i want to interact w these spaces but like this is a sunny blog its not that deep #i just miss people

[hooved]

every single day i experience symptoms of ocd and every single day i'm somehow surprised by it

#one example being when i'm getting ready to go to sleep #i literally have to scroll through my dash until i find a picture that doesn't give me some kind of anxiety #can't leave the screen on a picture of this sloppy red cake batter because it looks vaguely gorey and what if i die in some gorey accident #can't leave the screen on a picture of a cat because what if my cat dies tomorrow #can't leave the screen on a picture of a beautiful field with a yellowy filter on it because it makes me think of some kinda movie scene #where someone is recalling pleasant memories on their death bed #can't leave it on a picture of fire because what it my house burns down in my sleep #can't leave it on a picture of a graveyard for obvious reasons etc. etc. #there's always something. everything links to death with me and i can't go to sleep with any of it on my screen because it's ''''bad luck'' #or whatever the fuck #but a picture of like some cute colorful patterns or a silly little doll or some cool clothes ? well that's alright i guess :) #i experience other ocd symptoms but that's the one that always makes me go woah wtf ???? i have ocd ???? #edit: remembering a few years ago when i started getting really really bad fears relating to my ribs. ribs in general #and every time i lied down i had to make sure my ribs were perfectly lined up with each other ? #and my ribs are already pretty misshapen so it took. a long time to do that #and i'd toss and turn and freak out and get so scared and frustrated and cry. they had to be lined up #because the fact that your ribs can move and sometimes one side is further back or further forward or whatever scared me so much #i'm like mostly over that now. i don't do that anymore but. weird how i didn't think that was an ocd thing back then lmao

[alfareria]

everyone is being so mean to august and she barely started :(

#that's why i went looking for poems about august bc what i was seeing on my dash was like august breaks me into pieces and burns my neck #etc etc